Playing Frequency Quotes

If I'm not going to play a lot I'd like to have a chance to win every time I jump between the pipes.

Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax.

I enjoy working, and I enjoy working every day - and it is for that reason that I don't so much like the idea of working with an international squad. To have every day on the pitch is important to me.

You're playing competitive, and it's always better to play four competitive rounds than it is two because you sit there for a weekend and then you start all over again.

It's hard for the older boys to play twice a week, so it's important for everyone in the squad to play their part.

When I was playing week-in week-out, I was playing 46 games a season, and there's nothing better than playing every week.

I needed something Real Madrid could not give, which was playing every Sunday, whether I was doing well or not.

You train hard. But when you don't play every week the pressure is even more when you are called up. It's not difficult for me though.

Like every player, I want to start more matches.

I would tell most youngsters to play every week if they can.

You come up to 20 years old and you've only played three times. You see other boys who are playing regularly in the Premier League or in the Championship. And you're thinking 'I've only played three times, no starts, they've all been five minutes here and there.'

I want to play more minutes. I'm a player who doesn't want to stay on the bench or not in the squad.

For me, it's a pleasure to play football every three or four days.

It is always difficult, but when you have been a manager for a while with different teams, sometimes you were only playing once a week, trying to avoid relegation. When you have experience, you know all about the different feelings. Clearly, I would prefer to be fighting for the title or for the Champions League, but you must accept the situation.

At Burnley, I'd enjoy myself with my missus and friends, but because at Tottenham we're playing Saturday-Tuesday, even Wednesday-Sunday, and with the intensity we play at, playing in the Champions League, we can't afford to have a night out.

When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.

These days you can play almost 100 Test matches in six years.

I'm trying to keep a good spin on it...But at some point you have to look at a guy like me and ask, 'How effective can I be if I'm not playing on a regular basis?'

I don't want to be in a position like, O.K., just give me a contract and I'll be on the team and play every two games. I don't want to be like that.